Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its novelty lies in being the first formal account of language ability that is part of an overall theory of cognition . |
| 2 | The UK had been expected to be the second largest customer for the NFR90 , after the USA . |
| 3 | Mitsubishi is expected to be the next Japanese company to begin car manufacture in Europe following in the footsteps of Nissan , Toyota and Honda . |
| 4 | Skincare , including cleansers and moisturisers , are expected to be the next big growth area . |
| 5 | Companion is claimed to be the first complete system to conform fully to the CT2 Common Air Interface CAI standard . |
| 6 | The Siege is commonly claimed to be the first English opera , though with what justice it is difficult to say since we have only the libretto and stage-designs . |
| 7 | The HD-DOMS-to-Objectstore interface is claimed to be the first Common Object Request Broker Architecture-compliant interface available commercially and provides a shared repository for object types , object methods , and the instances of those objects . |
| 8 | He 'd just become the first Briton to win two world titles on foreign soil and added : ‘ I want to be the first British fighter to win three world titles at different weights . ’ |
| 9 | ( The method considered to be the next fairest — flat-rate charge per person — was preferred by only 14 per cent . ) |
| 10 | The UK visit was reported to be the first official visit by a Vietnamese Foreign Minister since the end of the Vietnam War , and the talks were reported to have been held in an atmosphere of frankness and goodwill , with both sides keen to improve economic and diplomatic links and to co-operate fully on the issue of the repatriation of " boat people " from Hong Kong . |
| 11 | We called Aries Research Inc , makers of what looks to be the first HyperSparc-based systems ( UX No 426 ) Marixx.ds and Marixx.dt , Aries Technology . |
| 12 | Most of the smaller bands put out seven-inch singles themselves , whereas here everyone wants to be the next big thing and I hate all that . ’ |
| 13 | Australia 's first illustrated book , believed to be the first leather-bound copy of any Australian book , The Birds of New South Wales , by John Lewin , published in Sydney in 1813 with eighteen hand-coloured illustrations , is estimated to fetch £150–200,000 ( $265–350,000 ) . |
| 14 | The 1960 tourists were the first South African cricketers to be aware of the growing resentments to apartheid and the whole trip , destined to be the last full English tour by the Springboks , was overshadowed by demonstrations . |
| 15 | THE ENGLAND captain 's name has appeared under several titles , but this happens to be the first full-length biography . |
| 16 | Later we hope to be the first offshore contractor with a competent core crew accredited to national standards . |
| 17 | Yet perhaps it was the easy accessibility of English which made it so popular ; it has grown to be the second largest university subject . |
| 18 | In Florida , Miami 's POSLogic Corp is soon to announce its first product , the POSLogic 5000 Point of Sale System , which is said to be the first Unix-based system to incorporate both hardware and software as a fully integrated product , although NCR Corp , which has been slipping Unix processors in under its point-of-sale systems for several years , while making Unix invisible to the retailer , might demur . |
| 19 | If confirmed by official figures , this will be an 80 per cent reduction on 1987 's figure , when carbon emissions from burning rain forest were said to be the third largest contributor to the greenhouse effect . |
| 20 | Plenty of people skirted the area : in 1730 Whitehaven was said to be the third busiest port in England , after London and Bristol . |
| 21 | No , what I am looking at are the first direct signals to reach me from the dark constellation of Serafin . |
| 22 | This is thought to be the first such judgment on a privatised water company . |
| 23 | It is thought to be the first such venture . |
| 24 | ‘ Bilalian ’ replaced ‘ Muslim ’ ( Bilal was an Ethiopian thought to be the first black follower of the prophet Muhammad ) . |
| 25 | Thought to be the first computerised nutritional system in the world , it tells you exactly what to eat and how much of it . |
| 26 | Annette Rennoldson , of Tyne Avenue , Leadgate , Consett , had three girls thought to be the first all-female trio born at Shotley Bridge Hospital . |
| 27 | It 's worthwhile reading some pre-Shakespearean drama ; you could read Everyman , a great morality play of the late Middle Ages , and Gammer Gurton 's Needle , first performed in 1566 and thought to be the second oldest English comedy . |
| 28 | London Liverpool Street , with 200,000 a day , was thought to be the next busiest . |
| 29 | Is 1992 going to be the first true Year of the Environment ? |
| 30 | I would like to be the first male editor of Vogue . |